URL forwarding?

[bjblackmore]

Hi,
I was wondering if its possible to forward a user based on weather he is loged in or not. My site users sessions, so I would like to be able to forward a user to the login page if they arn't logged in (session_is_registered), but if they are, then they can carry on as normal.
Is this possible?

[djg_uk]

Ben,

Try the following:

if (!session_is_registered()) {
Header("Location: http://whatever.com/");
} else {
session_start();
}

Since session_is_registered() returns TRUE or FALSE depending on the presence of a session, you can test it directly. If a session does exist, use session_start() to continue it.

Cheers,

David Grant

[bjblackmore]

Excellent, that worked great, many thanks!

[bjblackmore]

Oh dear, I'm having problems, It worked great for 5 mins, then all of a sudden it stopped, and I can see why. It keeps forwarding to the url, even if the session is registered. I know the session is being registered, because I have a test file that does

session_start();
print "Value of 'sUser': $sName ";

And that prints the session, so I can see its registered, however I can get to the page I put the code in.
Is the following right?

if (!session_is_registered($sName)) {
Header("Location: http://www.domain.com/login.php");
} else {
session_start();
}

I have tried $sName, sName, 'sName', and '$sName' all with out success, I'm sure this is what the problem is, I'm not calling the session correctly, any help greatly appreciated.

[bjblackmore]

Ok, figured it out!
had to put..

session_start();
if (!session_is_registered($sName)) {
Header("Location: http://www.domain.com/login.php");
} else {
session_start();
}

Works ok now!
Cheers
Ben

[djg_uk]

Ben,

Try using !isset($sName) instead of !session_is_registered($sName).

Cheers,

David

[djg_uk]

Ben,

Ignore my previous message.

Cheers,

David